Chair - Environmental Sciences jobs in Bangalore at National Institute of Advanced Studies

NIAS, invites applications/nominations for the position of Indira Gandhi Chair for Environmental Sciences at the Institute, which has been instituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, New Delhi.

The purpose of the Indira Gandhi Chair is to complement the ongoing efforts at NIAS in addressing the complex challenges facing India and global society in the area of Environmental Sciences. The Chair is expected to conduct research in any field related to Environmental Sciences, as well as participate in training and teaching activities. The Chair will also be provided support in terms of JRF/Project Associate/Post-Doc. The candidate should be a person of eminence and distinction from India or abroad and shall be aimed at enabling fruitful collaboration on a sustained basis between specialists in different disciplines and the NIAS faculty. The broad subjects could include natural sciences, engineering, social sciences related to environment. The duration of appointment to Chair will be generally three years or less. Nominations must include a summary of the nominee’s work (about 1000 words),a list of the most important publications, and the work the nominee would like to carry out during the period he or she occupies the Indira Gandhi Chair.

The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) was conceived and established by the vision and initiative of the late Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He sought to create an institution which would conduct advanced research in multidisciplinary areas, and also serve as a forum that will bring together administrators and managers from industry and government, leaders in public affairs, eminent individuals in different walks of life, and the academic community in the natural & social sciences, and the arts & humanities.